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Description of Collection Biographical Note Scope and Contents of Collection Restrictions on Use and Access Selected Search Terms Organization and Arrangement of Collection Provenance and Acquisition Information Processing Information Preferred Citation of Collection Administrative InformationContainer List
Series I: PapersLawrence Cranberg papers, 1962-2000.
Description of Collection
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Cranberg, Lawrence
Size of collection
1.25 linear feet
1 manuscript box
Short description of collection
Collection of correspondence to and from Cranberg, on a variety of topics.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR2000132
Biographical Note
Lawrence Cranberg, physicist (nuclear physics). Physicist, Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories, 1940-1950 and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 1950-1963; professor of physics, University of Virginia, 1963-1971; and vice-president, research and development, Nuclear Applications Division, Accelerators, Inc. 1971-1973; president, TDN Inc., 1974; and president, Texas Fireframe Co., from 1975.
Scope and Contents of Collection
Collection includes several folders of correspondence (bulk dates 1964-1967) between Cranberg and staff members of the American Physical Society (APS) and the American Institute of Physics concerning his objections over revisions made in the APS constitution in 1966 and his own proposals which would have amended the Society's objectives to allow it to become a regulatory organization concerned with the ethical practices of the physics community. Other correspondence topics include Cranberg's publication arrangements, especially for his many letters to the editor of Physics Today; the nomination of Edward G. Pickels for the National Medal of Science based on his contributions to the field of ultracentrifugation and supporting background material (1933-1992); correspondence from Cranberg and A. J. Zink to National Science Foundation concerning Zink's complaints regarding the manufacture of ultracentrifuges by Jesse W. Beams at the University of Virginia in the 1960s; the dismissal of James S. McCarthy from the University of Virginia in 2000; Oppenheimer's management of Los Alamos written in 2000. Also contains materials on Cranberg's "Reaction Study by Time-of-Flight," 1954, which discusses a method of observing and measuring the spectra of neutrons. Correspondents include: Luis W. Alvarez, Robert F. Bacher, Hans Bethe, Felix Bloch, Karl K. Darrow, R. Hobart Ellis, Maurice Goldhaber, Elmer Hutchisson, H. William Koch, Arthur L. Schawlow, Frederick Seitz, and Charles Townes.
Restrictions on Use and Access
Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/item-request.
Selected Search Terms
These papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Persons
Alvarez, Luis W., 1911-
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-
Beams, Jesse W. (Jesse Wakefield), 1898-1977.
Bethe, Hans Albrecht, 1906-2005
Bloch, Felix, 1905-
Cranberg, Lawrence, 1917-
Darrow, Karl K. (Karl Kelchner), 1891-
Ellis, R. Hobart.
Goldhaber, Maurice, 1911-
Hutchisson, Elmer, 1902-
Koch, Herman William, 1920-
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Pickels, Edward Greydon.
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999-
Seitz, Frederick, 1911-2008
Townes, Charles H.
Zink, Alexander J.
Institutions
American Institute of Physics.
American Physical Society.
University of Virginia.
Subject terms
Centrifuges.
Neutrons. Spectra.
Nuclear physics.
Nuclear spectroscopy.
Physicists. Professional ethics.
Physics. Societies, etc.
Science and ethics.
Ultracentrifuges.
Organization and Arrangement of Collection
This collection is organized into a single series, and arranged chronologically:
- Series I: Papers
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Received from Lawrence Cranberg, 1966, 1983, 1992, and 2001.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Lara D'Agaro in 2007.
Preferred Citation of Collection
Box [number], Folder [number], Lawrence Cranberg papers. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Administrative Information
Title
Finding Aid to the Lawrence Cranberg papers, 1962-2000.
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2009
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2007. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
Series I: Papers
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Correspondence with American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics, 1962-1965 |
| Folder 2 | Reaction study by Time-of-Flight , 1966 |
| Folder 3 | Correspondence with American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics, 1966-1967 |
| Folder 4 | Proposed amendments to American Physical Society constitution, 1966-1967, 1969 and 1981 |
| Folder 5 | Correspondence with American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics, 1968-1972, 1975-1976, 1981-1982 |
| Folder 6 | Correspondence regarding University of Virginia and Jesse W. Beams, 1991 |
| Folder 7 | Nomination of Edward G. Pickels for the National Medal of Science, 1992 |
| Folder 8 | Correspondence, 2000 |